The NFL upheld its four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his role in the improperly inflated footballs for last season’s AFC playoff game vs. Indianapolis. Our staff’s take on the ruling: Backed into a corner by its mismanagement of the entire situation, it is little surprise that the NFL decided to “uphold” its ridiculous […]
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First came news that the Wells Report — commissioned by the NFL to look into whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs ahead of the AFC Championship game vs. Indianapolis — found “that it is more probable than not” a pair of Patriots employees intentionally did so and “more probable than not” that star QB […]
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PHOENIX – In his annual state-of-the-NFL address on Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell discussed some of the league’s most serious issues, including the Deflategate controversy. The Ted Wells investigation of New England and the reported 11 footballs that were underinflated at halftime of the AFC Championship game victory over Indianapolis will determine the Patriots’ guilt […]
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said no decision has been made regarding a fine for Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch’s media interactions this week. Speaking at his annual Super Bowl press conference, Goodell said Friday that he didn’t know whether Lynch would face discipline from the league for not answering reporters’ questions and wearing a “Beast […]
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A new profile of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the challenges his leadership has faced this season has been published by GQ. In the report, Texans owner Bob McNair is quoted dismissing the NFL’s lingering concussion issue, saying most of the head injuries didn’t occur in the NFL: By the summer of 2013, Goodell was […]
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BOSTON — When commissioner Roger Goodell announced on the NFL Network that Houston had been voted Super Bowl LI, members of the Houston Super Bowl Bid Committee celebrated in their war room at the Hyatt Harborside. Congratulations were in order for a job well done by so many who participated in the process that required […]
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